Photography News

An astrophotographer is facing two years imprisonment after he admitted to defrauding and stealing from a professional photographer’s association in Australia. Formerly-respected photographer Mark Culley used his Photoshop skills to forge bank statements and financial reports to fake the signature of an accountant in order to steal a total of $16,120 over the course of

Social-media behemoth TikTok is rolling out a new feature that encourages users to credit the appropriate creator who inspired a video. A fresh button will allow TikTokers to tag, mention, and credit a video within the description of a post, TikTok says. The platform hopes that influential creators will receive the recognition they deserve. “It’s

A total lunar eclipse wowed viewers around the world this week and in one timelapse video, it can be seen dramatically cutting the light of the night sky to such a degree that the Milky Way suddenly bursts into view. The awe-inspiring video was captured by the Gemini Observatory’s All-Sky camera at its facilities in

A ringside photographer saved a boxer from a serious injury after he was sent crashing through the ropes and out of the ring following a brutal knockout. The incident happened during John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez and Jan Salvatierra’s super flyweight bout in California’s Toyota Arena, at a Golden Boy Promotions boxing show broadcast on DAZN on

DNP has launched a new action-oriented camera system called the Action Capture. Designed for adventure-style businesses, it addresses the desire for selfie photos in environments where taking one with a smartphone might prove difficult or dangerous. DNP Imagingcomm’s Action Capture system allows revelers to press an inviting red button at the perfect moment so a

[embedded content] Dragonfish are a species of deep-sea predator and while there are many types of dragonfish, this particular bronze-colored species is incredibly rare. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) recently captured this exceedingly rare footage of a bronze-colored highfin dragonfish, or bathophilus flemingi, during a science expedition on its Western Flyer research vessel.

Adobe has announced new performance updates for Premiere Pro that include new hardware encoding support for macOS and AMD GPUs on Windows, which it says results in much faster export times. Faster Exports and Other Speed Improvements Adobe says that it dramatically improved export times on M1 and Intel-based Macs, with up to 10 times

Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a bill that would cap copyright on intellectual property to a maximum of 56 years, with no extensions. If passed, the bill would also retroactively apply to existing copyrights. If the bill passes it would impact hundreds if not thousands of intellectual works currently enjoying the protection nearly 100 years

[embedded content] German startup Ventje offers small yet versatile camper vans that appear to be a more affordable way for photographers who want to live in a nomadic style to get everything they need in one compact package without breaking the bank. Ventje is a van conversion concept that combines the popular popup Volkswagon T5

[embedded content] Google has announced that it is taking additional steps to improve the representation of various skin tones across its products and has implemented a new scale that better shows the spectrum of real-world skin color. Google has been particularly outspoken about the lack of representation of all skin tones in media and online.

Adobe has launched the Content Scheduler as part of its Creative Cloud Express platform, a move it says is in response to requests for a unified way to allow creatives to plan, create, and publish content across social media. The feature comes thanks to Adobe’s recent acquisition of content publishing platform ContentCal, which it has

Rapper Jack Harlow became the center of controversy when he filmed himself adjusting the settings on a live broadcast camera without the operator’s knowledge or permission while courtside at an NBA playoff game. The incident happened during game one of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks. Harlow recorded himself

Navy photographer Mickey Strand, who served for 24 years before retiring in 2009, has captured portraits of more than 115 World War II veterans since 2017. Of those, only 10 to 15 are still with us today, which shows the urgency of moving forward before it’s too late. Strand also records interviews that he converts

When Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia passed away on April 13, 2022, the biggest shock among those of us who have written about her was that she didn’t die at the hands of the Mafia. For nearly five decades she fearlessly fought the criminal enterprise. Armed with her 35mm camera, she publicized the Sicilian Mafia’s reign

[embedded content] Qualcomm has released video captured by the world’s first smartphone capable of shooting 8K HDR footage. The 1.5-minute video above was shot up and down the west coast, on state beaches from California to Washington. Qualcomm’s new flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor works in tandem with a 33-megapixel Sony IMX586 image sensor

[embedded content] Black holes. They’re an astronomical phenomenon that sucks in all available light with no escape. So what if you could create a photo backdrop that could mimic that kind of light absorption without reflecting? A photographer recently used an ultra-black fabric to make the darkest photo backdrop in the world. In the 5-minute

Due to physical limitations, cameras can only become so small before they simply cannot shrink anymore. But a new lensless camera design could change that. Researchers have also been steadily moving towards a computational approach rather than on that relies on optics being a set distance from the image sensor in order to focus light

Delkin will launch its Black series CFexpress Type B memory cards later this month, and the new cards come in five capacities and promise blazing-fast peak and sustained transfer speeds. Delkin claims that its Black cards can write data faster than the Nikon Z9’s stated camera minimums according to its user manual and as such

[embedded content] The Apple Self Repair Store gives tech-savvy Apple fans the tools, manuals, and parts to repair their own devices, but it may not be as helpful nor as cost-saving of a resource Right to Repair fans were hoping for. One tech expert argues it may actually cost more to do the repair yourself

ProGrade Digital has announced a new UHS-II V90 class 512GB SD card that will never dip below a sustained write speed of 90 MB/s. The company says it is one of the first to introduce and ship a card capable of these sustained write speeds at this capacity. ProGrade Digital was formed by industry veterans